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BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology will be held May 12-15, 2014 in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has officially declared Monday, May 12, 2014 as “Declaration of Energy Independence” day! According to Greenworks, Philadelphia plans on becoming the greenest city in America by 2015. With that, the mayor has made this proclamation to show the city’s support for renewable fuels and the need to shift away from a reliance on petroleum. Read More >

Emerging companies to showcase their ground-breaking achievements A selective group of CEOs and COOs from emerging industrial biotechnology companies will present new technologies, accomplishments, and business cases during the Clean Tech Investor Sessions at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced today. “The Clean Tech Investor Sessions at BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology will help facilitate these much need investment opportunities for emerging companies while granting investors a first-hand look into some of Read More >

Ellen Kullman, Chair of the Board & Chief Executive Officer for DuPont, Honored for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology In a recent press release, BIO Announced DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman to Receive the 2014 BIO George Washington Carver Award at their annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. Kullman will be the first woman to receive the honor, which has been awarded annually since 2008. “Ellen is always looking for opportunities to apply today’s breaking science to major global challenges Read More >

The U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E Innovation Summit is scheduled for February 24-26, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) funds transformational projects that create entirely new ways to generate, store, and use energy. Since September 2013, ARPA-E has announced almost $125 million in funding for new projects aimed at finding innovative ways to lower the cost and improve the efficiency of energy technologies. “We’re investing in the best people, the best Read More >

On October 7, 2013, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) distributed a press release inviting leaders from the biotechnology, chemical and agricultural industries to submit proposals and individual papers for the 2014 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. This year’s conference will be held from May 12-15, 2014, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “We are excited to bring this conference to Philadelphia to highlight the industry’s growth, the importance of this industrial and environmental biotechnology for generating Read More >